Since 2000 and until CM 11, Caixa Mágica had developed the installer / configurator (lucas/licas/xLucas/xLicas) from scratch and shared the base with SuSE.

The new versions share Mandriva framework (Installer and Configurator and core RPMs). It is not entirely the same code since we are committed to core technologies that are not in Mandriva roadmap like Apt,.... Read the LetterToTheCommunity about the moving to Mandriva (portuguese).

Although there are several CM payed developers in the development process but it has always being open to contributions.